Denis Schluppeck
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
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Teaching Summary
Neuroscience, Vision, functional magnetic resonance imaging, MRI data analysis
I am the director of the MSc Cognitive Neuroscience at the School of Psychology.
Modules:
- PSGY2001 - 2nd year undergraduate lab (Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience)
- PSGY4009 (convenor) - Experimental design for functional Imaging
- PSGY4043 - Data analysis for Neuroimaging
- PSGY4020 - Functional Imaging Methods (+ MR physics)
- PSGY4009 - Experimental Design for Functional Imaging
- PSGY4002 - Advanced methods in Psychology
Research Summary
The aim of my research is to understand how we use our senses of vision and touch to gather information about the world and how we use that information to make decisions that are critical for our… read more
Current Research
The aim of my research is to understand how we use our senses of vision and touch to gather information about the world and how we use that information to make decisions that are critical for our personal survival and well-being. In the visual domain, I study how humans perceive the colour, form, and motion of visual objects and make decisions based on those perceptions. In the somatosensory system, I am mostly interested how the sensory sheet of the body surface is topographically mapped onto cortical (and subcortical) areas and how other basic stimulus properties are encoded in the brain.
I use a combination of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), psychophysics, and computational modeling. Most recently, I have conducted MRI experiments at very high field (7 T) in collaboration with colleagues at the Sir Peter Mansfield MR Centre at the University to explore the use of functional and anatomical imaging at very high spatial resolution.